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TO ALL WHOM IT MAYl CONCERN:

Be it known- 'that I, WILLIAM THOMPSON, of No. S'Lower Gai-dner street, in the cityA of Dublin, and of Clare Hall, in the county of Dublin, Ireland, have invented an Improvement in MouthfPieccs for Cigars and Pipes; and I do hereby declare that the followingis a full and exact description of thel said invention, reference being had to the accompany-ing sheet of. drawings, and to the figures and letters marked thereon;` that is to say- I My invention has for its object to absorbthe deleterious essential end 'other oils out of tobacco-smoke lbefore it enters the mouth. For this purpose I constructA a mouth-piece, of 'any suitable material, 4having a chamber,into which is placed a picco of cotton-wool, or other similar loose fibrous substance, through which the smoke has to pass. boforeentering `the mouth, and which eectually absorbs the said essential and other oils. The said chamber, with cotton-wool, may be variously arranged. Thus it may form part of the cavity, luto which the cigar is inserted, or the cigar may be held by a separate piece, xed, either byscrewing or other- Wise, into the end of such chamber, and communicating therewith by a small aperture, or the said chamber may be arranged in any otheroonvenien't manner. 'l

` In applying the said-mouthpiece to pipes, the stem of thc iatteris simply fixed into the open end of the mouth-piece by screwing or otherwise, in which caso, also, .the part connected to the pipe-stem may be detachable from the chamber containing the cotton-wool. The cotton-wool or other material may, for the sake of con- -venience, be contained iu a. separate casing, which isv made to 't inside the chamber of the mouth-piece, and

which is perforated to allow. the smoke to pass through it, and'may be provided 'at the frontend with a small, sharp tube, which enters the cigar, ivhen -this is inserted, and thus affords the requisite draught without the necessity of cutting oi the endof thc cigar. '.lghe cotton-wool or other material is'renewefl'from time to time.

Figs. 1 and 2, on' the accompanying' sheetof draivingsfshow onemode of applying my invention to cigar-tubes. Y,

Figure 1 shows' a side elevation of the tube, and

.Figure 2 shows a longitudinal section through the same. The tube consists of two parts, of. which' the front p art A serves to h'oldQthc cigar, and screws into the opene'd of the back part B, in which is formed a chamber, containing the cotton-wool, or other similar fibrous material, C.v The smoke, `in passing from the cigar, through theitubo, has consequently to pass through and give oft` its essential and other oils to the cotton-wool before it can psssinto the mouth.

' Figure 3 showsa longitudinal section, and l l o Figure 4 shows an end viewV of a mouth-piece, constructed of two parts,-A and B, as before described, but

-in this arrangement the cotton-wool C is placed in asmall metallic case, D, shown detached, at

. Figure 5, having at one end a sharp, open-ended tube, (Z, which projects into the front part A of the tube, as shown, and penetrates into the end of the cigar when this is inserted. At the other end the caso has a cover, d,-which is removed, to allowof the introduction of the cotton or other wool, and which. has perforations to allow the'smoke, passing into. the case through the tube d, 'topnss lout to the mouth after permeating through the cotton-wool. Il' the ci'fse D be made to'iit -suiliciently tight 'finto the chamber of thc mouth-piece, it may also beused without the tube d, and having simply pcorations in the front end.

Figure 6 showsa. section of a mouth-piece forcigars,'ot` only one piece, A, and having simplyn cavity in t`he -rearof the open end, into which the cottonv or othcr'vtool is'introduced, or'in place of introducing the cotton-wool directly into' suchA cavity, it may be placed `in a perforated case, as before described, fitting into such cavity.

Figure 'i' shows my invention applied to a pipe'. The mouth-piece B,`with chamber containing cotton or other wool, C, is similar to that shown in `iigs. 1 and 2, the stem of tho lpipe E bcingscrewed'or otherwise secured in the mouth-piece., in the samemaunervas the front part B of the cigar-tube. Y

Having thus described the nature of my invention, and in vwhat manner the sameis to be performed, I wish it to be understoodvthat Ldo not limit myself to the precise mode of applying my invention to cigar-tubes and pipes, assho'wn en the accompanying drawings,as various other forms of mouth-pieces may be employed for carrying my invention into effect, but

'1. The provision,l in mouth-pieces for cigars und pipes, of a. chamber, containingcotton-wool C, or its equivalentthrough which the smoke has to pass on its way to thc mouth, substantially as :1nd foi-the purposes hcr'evnbof'ore sot forth. g i.

,2. The employment of a cose for containing thoA cotton or other Wool, constructed und operating substantiull'y in manner` herenbefore drpseribcd, with reference to figs. 3, 4, upd 5, on`the accompanying drawing.

In testimony whereof, I have signe-d ny name to this specification in the prcsence'of two subscribing witnesses, this thirtieth day of Decomber,'.one thousand eight hundred und sixty-seven.

K "WILLIAM THOMPSN` Witnesses: ,f

PATRICK THOMPSON, Pmmcri DAno. 

